THEM FITTEDS COMIN’ TO SOUTH BEND
USF is bringin’ the shocker, the fitteds, and singlet guy to Notre Dame: the Bulls and Irish will play a “one-game series” in 2011 in South Bend. Cue obligatory picture of USF Singlet Guy:

You know why he’s wearing the singlet? Because when you make it rain like the Bulls do, you need a motherfucking swimsuit just to stay dry. (Now, when we go to the strip club, we make it hail, because CoinStar closed their kiosk in the local Kroger, and we got to shine somehow when we in the club.)
Speaking of making it rain, the article does inform us that the Bulls may have actually made money on their bowl appearance this year, a rarity among bowl-eligible schools. The Bulls amassed $269,300 in profit from their asswhipping at the SunBowl, a good haul by any measure. However, the clip from the TBO.com piece that caught our eye most was this:
TAMPA - When University of South Florida secondary coach Troy Douglas walked off the Notre Dame Stadium turf as a Michigan State assistant Sept. 22, 2001, he bent over and grabbed a little memento.
Douglas pulled up some of the turf and stored it in a sandwich baggie until getting rid of it a couple years ago.
All apologies to USF fans, but most Bulls fans we know will be bringing the fat pants, bolt-link chain necklaces, and an entirely different sort of weed in bags to the game.












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We can’t wait till we play Notre Dame in 2011. When we saw the news at school, I was ready to play them later that night. Notre Dame better get their heads out of their asses by then…usf will be ready!
Comment by BullievableSports — January 27, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
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Just to recap-
Black dude in a onesy and a cape- check
Fight guy sporting the shocker - check
Strange guy in the background witha South Florida HOCKEY shirt on - check
Just making sure
Comment by King Harvest — January 25, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
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I think I missed your actual question. Only some courthouses disallow cell phones, and in certain courtrooms they are quite prominent.
Comment by Domer Guy — January 24, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
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Masked:
It’s the chemistry of my blackberry, a crowded courtroom, and waiting for my case to be called while “checking important emails from the office that may pertain to the case”. Also, this only occurs at routine scheduling and motion calls, not Jack McCoy or Johnnie Cochran OMG trial stuff. Still, it would be very hard to explain my laughter erupting through the dull silence while the judge considers a motion for leave to file a third amended complaint. Maybe I should stop. Or not.
Comment by Domer Guy — January 24, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
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Domer Guy,
Internet access in court? Are you sneaking in a cell phone or have the judges gone lax?
Comment by maskedavenger — January 24, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
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No worries. Friends again, as far as I’m concerned. I feel your pain on the student loans too.
You (Domer Guy) might be interested to know that one of the Notre Dame alums I really liked was a guy about my dad’s age with whom I worked very closely on a large trust litigation matter. He was one of the firm’s appellate gurus. He was valedictorian of his undergraduate class at ND and then won the Hoynes Prize (first in class) as a summa graduate at ND Law School three years later before clerking at the Supreme Court for then-Chief Justice Burger. He is kind of a quiet, introverted guy, but extremely likable and brilliant. As we were both college football fans, we chatted a fair amount about the Ty Willingham-Urban Meyer-Charlie Weis saga.
One of the other Notre Dame guys I liked a lot was a trial partner with whom I worked on another T&E litigation matter. He graduated third in his class at ND Law School in the class ahead of the first guy I mentioned, and his wife was valedictorian (sadly, that being in the ’70s, her employment options weren’t nearly as numerous as his). He served as the Director of the state Office of Professional Responsibility for a number of years, so he had some really interesting stories about lawyer misconduct.
Comment by Big Ten Joe — January 24, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
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@#28 -
My bad. That’s the result of grinding away all day in court trying to make that scratch in an effort to get a leg up on the man (a/k/a repay student loans). I am beginning to think that asphyxiating myself with the golden handcuffs is the way to go.
In all honesty, my initial post was supposed to be (at least partially) sarcastic, but we all know how sarcasm goes over on the interwebs and in comment sections in particular. I mistakenly let the disdain I feel for some lawyers seep into my EDSBS post, and for that I apologize.
As for the “Domers being Domers” comment, yeah, I guess I deserve that one.
Comment by Domer Guy — January 24, 2008 @ 6:40 pm
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Andy 32 - I hope your aim in the sack is better. Playing the back nine without permission can get you nuts cut off.
Comment by Out of Conference — January 24, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
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Me too, Andy, me too (@ #32, not #30).
FWIW, I do have a few friends who are Notre Dame alums who I like a lot and of whom I think very highly, so I was not making any blanket insinuations–just a response to one guy who was over-reacting to a goofy post by me @ #2 and countering what seemed to me to be an attempt to imply some sort of superiority through the otherwise-random Above the Law reference. That was directed at him; I’m not trying to impress anyone else. There are plenty of bright people who post here, as we all know. It’s one of the reasons–apart from Orson’s sense of humor and ample linguistic creativity–I love this site above just about all other college football-themed blogs.
Peace and goodwill to all.
Comment by Big Ten Joe — January 24, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
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Son of a….that was supposed to be #28, not #26. I need to leave work.
Comment by Andy — January 24, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
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Damn you, #29.
Comment by Andy — January 24, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
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#26 - Thanks for that. We’re all quite impressed.
Twenty-ninth!!!
Comment by Andy — January 24, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
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Domers being Domers.
Comment by Out of Conference — January 24, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
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Aw, c’mon, Domer Guy–relax a little! I’m a lawyer too–and I darn fine one too, if I may say so–who worked at a Big (Top 50) Firm for the first five years of my legal career before getting an excellent, much-lower-paying-but-much-more-fun-and-relaxing University-related job opportunity, which I took after finding a way to shimmy out of the golden handcuffs, but I have never posted to Above the Law, or Greedy Associates, for that matter.
Also, I take umbrage at the unnecessary name-calling (I’m a little sensitive that way). I’m an extremely nice guy, not . . . what you called me. You wouldn’t want Notre Dame fans to get a bad reputation, now, would you?
Comment by Big Ten Joe — January 24, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
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I mis-read #24 and thought:
“What the hell is Ellis T. Jones doing coaching football? What’s the penalty for blowing an assignment in that defense? Taze ‘em and Trunk ‘em?”
Comment by Cincy — January 24, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
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The ArkDemGaz had a nice article about Ellis Johnson being a good fit as the new DC of the Hogs, makes sense that we would split after 2 weeks on the job.
Comment by Kerwin4two — January 24, 2008 @ 5:01 pm